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AS A STRAWBERRY CROWN MINER. 
Fig. 10. Strawberry Crown. Miner. (Anarsia Uneatella, Zeller). Larva from crown of 
strawberry plant. Magnified 9 diameters. 
On the 8th of June of 1869, Mr. Win. Saunders, of Ontario, 
Canada, found this larva boring the crowns of strawberry plants in ' 
his vicinity. One field mentioned by him was almost destroyed by 
this pest and the leaf-roller together. Mr. Saunders’ account of 
this species and of its injuries to the strawberry, (published in the 
report of the Ontario Entomological Society for 1872), is so excel¬ 
lent that I cannot do better than to reprint the substance of it 
here: 
“This is a very troublesome insect where it occurs plentifully, 
and takes a liking to the strawberry; but, happily, ibis is not often 
the case. We have never seen it affecting this fruit anywhere 
excepting on the grounds of Mr. Luke Bishop, of St. Thomas, 
Ontario, who first called our attention to it about the middle of 
May, 1869, when he brought us a few specimens. During 1868 and 
1869, they played sad havoc with his plants, destroying a large 
proportion of them. We believe they have been less troublesome 
since. The borer is a small grub or caterpillar, nearly half an inch 
long and of a reddish color, which eats irregular channels in vari¬ 
ous directions through the crown and larger roots of the plant, 
causing it either to wither and die, or else to send up weakened 
and almost barren shoots.” 
The following description of this larva was taken on the 20tli of 
May, 1869: 
Length, .42 inch. Head rather small, flattened, bilobed, pale 
brownish-yellow, darker in color about the mouth, and with a 
dark brown dot on each side. 
The body above is semi-transparent, of a reddish pink color, 
fading into dull yellow on the second and third segments; anterior 
portion of second segment smooth and horny-looking, and similar 
in color to head. On each segment are a few shining reddish dots— 
yellowish on the anterior segments—or faintly elevated tubercles, 
from each of which arises a single very fine short yellowish hair, 
invisible without a magnifying power. These dots are arranged in 
imperfect rows, a single one across the third, fourth and terminal 
segments, and a more or less perfect double row on the remaining 
segments. The under surface is of a dull whitish color, becoming 
faintly reddish on the hinder segments, with a few shining dots; 
those on the fifth, sixth, eleventh, and twelfth segments being arrang¬ 
ed in transverse rows, in continuation of those above. Feet and 
prolegs yellowish white, the former faintly tipped with dark brown. 
It spins a slight silken thread, by means of which it can suspend 
itself for a time at a short distance from, its place of attachment. 
The specimen described produced the moth on the 8tli of July 
following. 
